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A congestioncharge on those might be deemed worthwhile, but if such a charge were levied no one would get to work at all.
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There are other ways by which we could have raised money before imposing the congestioncharge.
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Anecdotally, things improved a little for me when the congestioncharge was introduced, but they seem to have worsened again.
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Therefore, any congestioncharge on them is nothing more than a tax on business in the area.
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I do not like paying the congestioncharge either, but is not that taking it a bit far?
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The congestioncharge was designed to be a revenue-raising exercise, and that was part of the debate that preceded its introduction.
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It has clearly improved within the congestioncharge zone.
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There has been talk of widening the net to catch those people, because not enough people are going into the congestioncharge zone.
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The high-flying rhetoric of opposition to the congestioncharge proved to be nothing but deceit.
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What are our plans for the increased number of people who travel on public transport following the introduction of the congestioncharge?
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The problem, which is starting to cause serious difficulties, lies in the imposition of a congestioncharge.
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If the motorist is moving, tax him, and get him through the congestioncharge.
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The issues of pollution can be tackled without the introduction of a congestioncharge.
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It is not clear how far the retail industry has been hit by the congestioncharge—it depends on which survey one reads.
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The maximum possible revenue from fares and the congestioncharge cannot plug more than a small part of the gap.
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At the moment, the estimate is that the congestioncharge will increase our income per annum by about £60 million.
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We have to enter into a genuine debate about the future of the congestioncharge, because it may have to change significantly.
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I take it from that intervention that she is in favour of the congestioncharge.
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If we introduce the congestioncharge as soon as proposed, it will not have a positive effect.
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I have therefore voted in favour of this proposal, not least because the congestioncharge was included as an additional external cost for mountainous regions.
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It is naive to think that waving our fingers to promote public transport and a congestioncharge will be a realistic answer to the problem.
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A congestioncharge, or an excessive petrol duty, is a pure tax that will hit the lowest paid.
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In short, the congestioncharge is probably unique as the only tax in history that will actually lose money.
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The optimism that has been shown about the congestioncharge is also unlikely to come to fruition.
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It is fair to say that, economically, the congestioncharge has been something of a disaster.
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That sum cannot be recouped from the congestioncharge.
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We are not a million miles away on the merits of the congestioncharge.
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That causes me a great deal of concern, because the only people who are forced to pay the congestioncharge are those who live there.
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Any approach towards introducing a congestioncharge has to be two pronged.
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The congestioncharge has a role to play.
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The real concern about the congestioncharge is that so little money has been raised.
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They were not necessarily saying that they were considering moving because of the congestioncharge.
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No estimate has been made of the impact of the congestioncharge on corporation tax receipts.
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The congestioncharge has helped by making the roads safer for cyclists and by forcing motorists to reconsider how they get to work.
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Before we leave our unfortunate milkman, there is an added hazard when delivery vehicles are subject to a congestioncharge.
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It would have been better to see a step change in the quality of public transport before we introduced the congestioncharge.
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Likewise, there are transport issues relating to crossrail, the tube and the proposed congestioncharge.
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If so, is the congestioncharge needed to remove it?
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Motorists will come to the end of the tube line and leave their cars there, not wanting to pay the congestioncharge.
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We must have a detailed survey of the impacts of the congestioncharge scheme.
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From time to time, however, car owners who live in the area will have no choice but to pay the congestioncharge.
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I would like the congestioncharge scheme to be extended into urban areas where local authorities want it.
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Local business groups are concerned that a congestioncharge would have an impact on trade and increase their costs.
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The authority outside the boundary will be badly affected by people leaving their cars and jumping over the fence into the congestioncharge area.
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What follows in paragraph 13 on page 3 of the document is, to all intents and purposes, a congestioncharge.
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There is no doubt that funds raised from the congestioncharge would go to improve public transport.
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That has not happened; in fact, the congestioncharge may well be one of the few taxes that lose money.
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What is the point of the congestioncharge?
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There is an overwhelming consensus in the business community in favour of the congestioncharge, and overwhelming opposition to a workplace car-parking tax.
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My rural constituents write to me expressing the fear that they may have to pay a congestioncharge to drive into the local small market town.
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We must also consider the congestioncharge.
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Although there are improvements, they will not make anything like the difference required to ensure that the problems with the congestioncharge will not come home to roost.
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What is the difference between a high car park charge, a parking meter and a congestioncharge sensibly proposed by a local authority to reduce pollution?
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If one looks at the detail of the congestioncharge, one can see that it is another example of public money being wasted hand over fist.
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I shall start with the congestioncharge.
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The congestioncharge is none of those.
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They wanted the congestioncharge after all.
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There is evidence to suggest that there has been some displacement; people are still carrying out their journeys, but are skirting around the congestioncharge zone.
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When the charge is introduced, some of those changes may be reversed and prove that the congestion charge has improved the situation from very bad to not quite as bad.
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Transport demand management, such as road pricing or a congestioncharge, is designed to induce people to alter their travel timing to minimize congestion.
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The planned congestioncharge scheme would be in place by 2013.
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The proposed congestioncharge, travel card, increased trains and most of the station improvements were dropped.
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In cities that impose a congestioncharge, the decision of some diplomatic missions not to furnish payment has proved controversial.
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Prior to the introduction of the congestioncharge around 3000 vehicles used the road on a daily basis.
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Embassy officials claimed they did not have to pay the congestioncharge because it was a tax, from which diplomats were exempt.
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In 2003, a congestioncharge was introduced to reduce traffic volumes in the city centre.
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Where some can not afford to pay the congestioncharge, then this policy is likely to privilege the middle-class and rich.
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The effect of the congestioncharge zone on local businesses is a contested issue.
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They are in favour of imposing a congestioncharge.
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A key part of the scheme was therefore to introduce a congestioncharge.
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These plans included a congestioncharge which would have required motorists to pay a fee to enter the city at certain times of the day.
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A new route, route 388 was introduced in 2003 because of the congestioncharge.
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Registering a vehicle as a minicab costs 82 plus 27 per year licence fee, much less than the congestioncharge.
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This compared with a figure of 2.3 before the introduction of the congestioncharge.
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The commission estimated that revenues from the congestioncharge will generate $491 million a year, which would be committed to improve and expand the region's mass transit.
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The cost for setting up the congestioncharge was estimated at 11million for the two cordon option and 8million for the city centre cordon only proposal.
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Yet, some transport policies aimed at reducing road congestion, such as congestion charging or charging for workplace parking spaces, are likely to hit working parents particularly hard.
Increasingly, as technology advances, such instruments could also be used to manage traffic: congestion charges, emissions-related charges and so on.
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The only solution to the chronic traffic jams is to introduce congestion charges and focus resources on developing the suburban railway.
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Parking levies and congestion charges are just another tax.
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If there were congestion charging in urban areas where public transport could be made available, what would that do for people?
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Any sensible politician of any party wants to reduce congestion, but who wants us to reduce congestion on the roads by congestion charging?
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It referred to "a presumption in favour of introducing legislation, in due course, to enable congestion charging".
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We never worked out what was fair or unfair congestion charging.
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That latter point is, of course, broadly in line with the broader options currently available to local authorities through congestion charging.
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If not, there will be a great deal of opposition to the implementation of the congestion charges, which would be a great shame.
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It is because it supports congestion charging in principle that one must take such concerns most seriously.
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For example, we should allow local authorities to raise bonds for local public transport improvements against the likely income streams from congestion charging.
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The effects of congestion charging depend upon the design of a scheme, which is a matter for individual local authorities.
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We plan to consult on local congestion charging guidance later this year.
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There has been much talk about congestion charging, especially in my local papers in the past few weeks.
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That is the most polluting aspect of vehicle usage, and we hope that congestion charging can make some contribution to tackling it.
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I turn now to local powers for congestion charging and workplace parking levies.
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There has, rightly, been a good deal of talk about the impact of congestion charging on low-paid workers and other key public sector workers.
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I have to hand another document, on urban congestion charging.
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For example, we are looking at economic instruments, increases in fuel taxes and potential for congestion charging.
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We have touched on congestion charging in this context.
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Would congestion charging be bad for people's health?
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We know that congestion charging can be implemented efficiently and at very little cost.
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